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# How the Brain Processes Content

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[by Pete Prestipino](https://www.websitemagazine.com/infographics/author/pete-prestipino) 03 Jan, 2017

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**How do you decide what type of content to use in your digital marketing strategy? The following infographic from Main Path Marketing shows that the key may just lie in the brain.**

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Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.

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